How to generate a custom world seed for your Valheim service

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Looking to play on a specific world seed? This article has got you covered on how to do so.

Note: This requires you to have the PC version of Valheim, this will allow you to copy the world from your local installation to the server.

Note: You will also need to disable cloud saves in order to retrieve both .db & .fwl files.

How to generate a custom world seed for your valheim service

• Start the Valheim game on your PC.

• Select your character in-game and click Start

• On the start window, click New

• Enter the world name you wish to use and the custom seed you want to play on.

• Click Done, select the world afterwards and click Start.

• Using File Explorer on your desktop, go to C:\Users\(Username)\AppData\LocalLow\IronGate\Valheim\worlds_local

• You'll be using both the .db & .fwl files of your world you just created

• Open FileZilla (If you don't know how to connect to your service you can follow this article) and connect to your service.

• Proceed to the .config\unity3d\IronGate\Valheim\worlds_local folder and upload both .db & .fwl files there.

• Proceed to the startup section of your control panel now, and under the World Name Variable, enter your world name you just uploaded (Example: if the file names are "Dedicated.db & Dedicated.fwl" the world name will be "Dedicated", enter this into the variable input box).

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Created By: Shiva R.

Updated on: 26/01/2023

Actualizado el: 31/07/2024